Applegate comment-37800 2010-09-24T12:45:42Z 2010-09-24T12:45:42Z We just wrapped up our DC screening and are looking forward toward to NYC in October! We hope you have a good screening this weekend and please feel free to let us know what the reaction was to the film! Thanks, Renee and the Applegate Crew http://bit.ly/cxFUa8 Applegate 2010-09-24T12:45:42Z John Schmidt comment-22566 2010-02-23T19:42:43Z 2010-02-23T19:42:43Z Lucky you, Allison! That Mulvaney's beer dinner seemed to sell out quickly. I'll be at Pangaea Cafe enjoying The Bicycle Chef's handmade sausages and moule frites with Odonata's Belgian-inspired beer selections. John Schmidt 2010-02-23T19:42:43Z allison3fold comment-22565 2010-02-23T19:23:52Z 2010-02-23T19:23:52Z I committed to having at least a pint every night this week! (so difficult, I know) This is just the kind of thing that Sacramento needs, and I want to do my part to ensure we have another one. Went to Streets of London last night for some Stone Brewery Ruination IPA, and heading to Mulvaney's tonight for the Beer Dinner they are hosting. Good times all around! allison3fold 2010-02-23T19:23:52Z John Boyer comment-22347 2010-02-17T17:32:38Z 2010-02-17T17:32:38Z Id like to add the most prosperous brew pub in Sacramento,the rubicon also has the most bike racks and bikes gathered around it. Just a coincidence you say? Note to all brew pubs; make it a safe place to lock your steed up and they will come. Hign on my list of pleasure moments is riding my bike to me favorite brew pub with the bubs . John Boyer 2010-02-17T17:32:38Z HonestAbe comment-22324 2010-02-16T23:36:21Z 2010-02-16T23:36:21Z I shall make time to quaff a few draughts of ale as I sup that eve. HonestAbe 2010-02-16T23:36:21Z biomouse comment-22281 2010-02-16T05:04:46Z 2010-02-16T05:04:46Z salut! biomouse 2010-02-16T05:04:46Z geofreak comment-22280 2010-02-16T04:40:04Z 2010-02-16T04:40:04Z I can't wait to salute! geofreak 2010-02-16T04:40:04Z laurabeck2 comment-21249 2010-01-25T06:59:39Z 2010-01-25T06:59:39Z Thanks so much for this great story! I want to point out an upcoming opportunity to help improve school lunches. Congress is revising the Child Nutrition Act, which currently makes no provision for vegetarian foods. We need to ask Congress to help schools serve more fruits, vegetables, vegetarian foods. You can get involved in a campaign that’s working to do just that: http://HealthySchoolLunches.org. laurabeck2 2010-01-25T06:59:39Z geofreak comment-17502 2009-11-08T21:26:06Z 2009-11-08T21:26:06Z Great article, John! And congratulations to Alchemist for doing a good thing to serve a few small neighborhoods. geofreak 2009-11-08T21:26:06Z Marion Millin comment-17496 2009-11-08T05:21:41Z 2009-11-08T05:21:41Z "How can you surmise if I am constructive or not? " From your comments. From your presence. From your insistence on attacking every entity and group that you might participate with. From you insistence that the system is so corrupt there's no point in actually trying to do anything about it. From your need to find something sinister in bringing fresh food to urban neighborhoods. From your attitude toward "most of the dupes in this town." What have you done that is constructive? Like it or not, you present yourself as ""all the while doing little or nothing to bring about any substantive change." Marion Millin 2009-11-08T05:21:41Z The Parrhesiac comment-17495 2009-11-08T05:13:19Z 2009-11-08T05:13:19Z LOL ROTFLMAO Marion you are lecturing me on carping? You have no idea what I do, or what I have done, how can you surmise if I am constructive or not? Unlike most the dupes in this town, I will call a spade a spade... Now go back to attacking KJ The Parrhesiac 2009-11-08T05:13:19Z The Parrhesiac comment-17466 2009-11-08T04:03:53Z 2009-11-08T04:03:53Z My frustration is with hypocrites who use the poor and buzzwords to gain advantage, without actually doing anything of substance...clearly this frustration is not misguided in Sacramento....this town is full of hypocrites that make a good living trading off the poor and utilizing hip environmental sounding buzz words....all the while doing little or nothing to bring about any substantive change. Also Alchemist claims to be a Community Development Corporation. (CDC) This term is well defined, your organization has employees of SHRA on your Board. So let me get this straight. You call yourselves a CDC, and have a board made up of those in the development field, yet your mission is to provide fruits and vegetables? I call BS! Your organization is a lobbying arm of SMHA trying to pass yourselves off as a touchy feely green organization. And btw if you want to put your money where your mouth is...you speak of wanting to "...work with local producers to bring fresh and healthy fruit and vegetables to neighborhoods..." Why hasn't your organization said ONE PEEP about urban sprawl and the destruction of irreplaceable local farmland by the City of Sacramento? There are many local farms that could be producing produce that doesn't have to be trucked in. Well I know the answer, don't bother, your organization would never rock the boat with the City and put your cozy relationships at risk. Urban sprawl is the SINGLE largest threat to the environment and is destroying farms at a pace similar to the destruction of the rain forest. Please explain all of your organizations efforts to halt urban sprawl in Sacramento and how you have worked to protect local farms. Have you been to ONE meeting on the Natomas Joint Vision plan being pushed through by Ray Tretheway which will annex tens of thousands of irreplaceable farm land so the Tsakopoulos Mob and his developer cronies can build more stucco tract homes and strip malls in flood plains...? Has the Tsakopoulos Mob donated any money to your group or to SMHA? I wonder.... The Parrhesiac 2009-11-08T04:03:53Z Marion Millin comment-17492 2009-11-08T03:13:35Z 2009-11-08T03:13:35Z Jim you have a lot of energy, a lot of ideas, you seem not to be a stupid person. The carping though, is way past getting old. When are you constructive? If you know so much more and so much better than just about everybody in Sacramento who may be trying to accomplish something as in/significant as bringing fresh fruits and vegetables to communities that have limited shopping/transportation options, why don't you take all your vitriol and hand waving and DO SOMETHING YOURSELF. Otherwise, you are the one consistently mouthing off, talking trash about others, convinced that no efforts are worthwhile or above suspicion and "all the while doing little or nothing to bring about any substantive change." Marion Millin 2009-11-08T03:13:35Z Kathleen Haley comment-17481 2009-11-07T20:08:46Z 2009-11-07T20:08:46Z I like your lead! Kathleen Haley 2009-11-07T20:08:46Z KayBee comment-17424 2009-11-07T02:41:04Z 2009-11-07T02:41:04Z If you read the article, or speak with anyone involved, you'd realize that an urban farm stand is not a farmer's market, and does not involved the large number of vendors and people involved in those operations. The point is to work with local producers to bring fresh and healthy fruit and vegetables to neighborhoods that don't have the large, many-vendor farmer's markets. So, what Alchemist does is work with food producers to bring produce to the Alkali and Mansion Flats neighborhood, and the Oak Park neighborhood. SMHA, a long-established organization, has helped Alchemist, a new organization, get this farm stand program running. It is called collaboration. Maybe this will help you understand what Alchemist does, and what they don't do (i.e. they organize a farm stand, they do not "lobby SHRA for our tax dollars"). Sometimes it helps to be informed before attempting to poison the fruitful efforts of others with your misguided frusutration. KayBee 2009-11-07T02:41:04Z The Parrhesiac comment-17415 2009-11-07T00:31:39Z 2009-11-07T00:31:39Z Off their website..."Social justice in community development means that all residents should contribute to and benefit from economic and physical development in their neighborhoods..." From first glance, this organization looks like yet another non-profit trying to make money off the poor and doing nothing but trade on buzzwords like "social justice." I've been to their "urban farm stands.." I saw one small tent and one table... Besides giving lip service, and trying to wring money our of SHRA who they are cozy with...since their inception, what have they accomplished to equally distribute redevelopment dollars throughout disadvantaged neighborhoods? Lobby SHRA for our tax dollars for insider developers and Sacramento Mutual Housing Association? The vast majority of the city's tax dollars go to wealthy fat cat developers to build hotels, restaurants and martini bars for a handful of scumbags who buy council votes through campaign contributions. I have been at many SHRA and Council meetings where the City gave away millions upon millions of dollars to the same group of developers...I have never seen or heard one peep out of this group in public meetings...ever. So once again...what exactly do they do? Interesting... Under their sister organization the Sacramento Mutual Housing Association - they claim to run the "Urban Farm Stand Program" this is the exact same program that Alchemy claims to run. Just how is it that two separate non-profit entities claim on their tax returns to run the exact same program? And more interesting is WHY? Whatever...it's always something....the sheep in this town can now go back to grazing. The Parrhesiac 2009-11-07T00:31:39Z geofreak comment-9214 2009-06-10T06:51:06Z 2009-06-10T06:51:06Z Mr. Knapp - We'll take this one step at a time. I used the word hatred only when referring to the SHIFT...as in shifting away from this divisive behavior. Never did I use it to refer to anyone in particular as you did with vegetarians. I have a feeling you already know this, though. Enjoy your 5 minutes. geofreak 2009-06-10T06:51:06Z buddha comment-8545 2009-05-29T22:29:09Z 2009-05-29T22:29:09Z To each his/her own. buddha 2009-05-29T22:29:09Z waldorfandstatler comment-8512 2009-05-29T16:28:24Z 2009-05-29T16:28:24Z Mr. Knapp, we would love to meet you and show you that yes, we vote mostly libertarian/republican/conservative but also eschew meat and dairy. It happens! Wealso know a gay republican, California is funny like that. We find it more hypocritical when supposedly 'green' people aren't at the very least vegetarian :) We wish Al Gore would put his money where his mouth is and dump the meat habit. waldorfandstatler 2009-05-29T16:28:24Z Pinelli comment-8358 2009-05-27T00:23:40Z 2009-05-27T00:23:40Z HI, I am a vegetarian and I vote Republican! Pinelli 2009-05-27T00:23:40Z biomouse comment-8355 2009-05-26T23:14:41Z 2009-05-26T23:14:41Z I'm not a vegetarian. I'm not interested in forcing my opinion on others. I'd like to have a reasonable discussion with you, but all you seem to be focused on is making asinine assumptions based on your limited experiences. Can we try to get back to what might be helpful (or hurtful if that is your opinion) about people seeing this movie? Do you think that factory farmed meat and produce is a benefit to consumers? If so, how? Do you think that oil production, or the use of fossil fuels and it's extent is important when considering what to buy at the grocery store? What do you find objectionable about the slow food movement? And finally, can you answer any of these questions without reverting back to neatly placing people and their interests into categories that make you comfortable to mock and deride? biomouse 2009-05-26T23:14:41Z The Parrhesiac comment-8352 2009-05-26T22:51:29Z 2009-05-26T22:51:29Z Because you don't want to discuss the radical political agenda of the vegetarian left...it's trolling? The radical animal rights/vegetarian movement is VERY well known to be a radical leftists movement. I have NEVER met a vegetarian that wasn't a Greenie, a Democrat or outright socialist/communist. Their agenda is all about thought control. Controlling what we eat and what we think. Leave us alone.. go eat wheat grass if you want..why do the radical leftists always feel the need to force their lifestyles and opinions on others? Somehow you all feel you have been anointed as superior intellects because of your "enlightened" thoughts and dreams of a Utopian way of life. The Parrhesiac 2009-05-26T22:51:29Z The Parrhesiac comment-8351 2009-05-26T22:16:43Z 2009-05-26T22:16:43Z Hmm you actually did use the term HATE... or hatred... is there a difference to you? The Parrhesiac 2009-05-26T22:16:43Z biomouse comment-8348 2009-05-26T22:05:46Z 2009-05-26T22:05:46Z I don't see you discussing any actual well processed thoughts. So far, all you've managed to do is throw out a pile of "labels" to neatly identify that which you, clearly, do not understand. If you don't agree with the writer of this article, or the comments made, why don't you try doing it by making cognizant, intelluctually stimulating arguments for your position that don't require the use of categorizing you're supposed enemy (though the only shots fired by you have been using the big scary words like Liberal, and Socialist, and for god sakes not radical nut jobs!! Help!)? Tell me Mr. Knapp, what have you added to the topic here besides, oh what was your word? Ah, that's right-drivel. Seems fitting. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drivel **Addition: After thinking about it for a few minutes, I realized that you have no intentions whatsoever of actually making any valid points. I hate having to remember my own advice and learn to leave the nasty troll alone and not feed it. biomouse 2009-05-26T22:05:46Z The Parrhesiac comment-8315 2009-05-26T19:30:01Z 2009-05-26T19:30:01Z welcome to the internet...where free speech is mostly still alive. If it were not for me posting on this site...it would be just another site full of liberal drivel and posters who all agree with each other...patting each other on the back. Not interested in meaningful discussion?...you mean because i disagree with your thoughts... You might want to go look up the definition of rhetoric...if it wasn't for rhetoric...99% of websites would not exist. oh..yeah.. you have now also redefined that term. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rhetoric The Parrhesiac 2009-05-26T19:30:01Z biomouse comment-8314 2009-05-26T05:28:41Z 2009-05-26T05:28:41Z It's obvious that Knapp is just looking to derail any actual discussion of valid content by tossing out blatant inflammatory trolling responses. I'd suggest ignoring him geofreak since he clearly isn't interested in having a meaningful discussion. Go crawl back in your hole Knapp-the people here; vegetarians, radicals, conservatives, nut jobs or communist alike don't seem to want to engage in a conversation with someone unwilling to express thoughts not riddled with rhetoric. biomouse 2009-05-26T05:28:41Z geofreak comment-8308 2009-05-26T02:14:45Z 2009-05-26T02:14:45Z Mr. Knapp - I am sorry you think all vegetarians move with one mind and have the personal agenda to HATE all meat eaters. HATE is not the word I used...AND...I said "MANY Vegetarians," not all! I agree that terrorist activity is intolerable, but when the opposition refuses to listen, it becomes inevitable. I personally would never engage in such activity and would stand at the forefront of preventing it as peacefully as I could. I am sorry to ask, but is Liberal, Vegetarian, and Socialist the extent of your vocabulary? I am very curious as to what you think "Liberals" are redefining the word "Torture" to mean in this case. You are rich on labels but lack substance in your arguments. Has it occurred to you that when you use this language, you are not seeking to communicate but rather to discredit without presenting a logical counter argument? I believe this type of behavior is what begins violence. The "terrorist" activity you mention may have been avoided if someone had the mind to listen before jumping to conclusions. Further, I fail to see how vegetarianism became the central part of this conversation. Have you read Michael Pollen? Mindful consumption goes much deeper than simply enjoying your food. It goes to the core of understanding not only where it came from, how it was raised, and how it got on your plate, but how the way you eat relates to the rest of human culture and the environment. You, sir, should be very concerned and I would urge you to watch this movie if you don't have the time to read. If indeed you did grow up raising cattle for slaughter, you too might be concerned what large agribusiness is doing, not only to the meat, but to the family farmer. And our government is subsidizing it. I hope that you can reach out and see further than your plate in this conversation. geofreak 2009-05-26T02:14:45Z The Parrhesiac comment-8280 2009-05-26T02:14:02Z 2009-05-26T02:14:02Z mmm BBQ meat. When Martin Sheen visits your town, you know it is officially a socialist town. HSUS is a radical nut job group akin to PETA, which is on the FBI's terrorist watch list. Why do so many nut jobs want to yank the pork rib I'm eating out of my mouth? The Parrhesiac 2009-05-26T02:14:02Z The Parrhesiac comment-8300 2009-05-26T02:13:44Z 2009-05-26T02:13:44Z When I eat BBQ Steak it is not mindless...I enjoy every bite. Once again, liberals want to re-define torture. I grew up raising cattle for slaughter, it does not behoove the farmer/rancher in any way to harm the very product they make their living off of. And if you took a survey, I would bet that 99% of meat eaters do not want feces, antibiotics or hormones in their food either. You did admit to one thing that surprised me...vegetarians do HATE meat eaters...some even resort to terrorist acts...is this the "inclusive kindness" you're speaking of? A couple of my favorite passages in a story about making bacon: "...Meanwhile my son was attempting to cleave open the pig's head with a machete, to get the brain out. I watched him, with a deep and ancient pride brimming in my heart. Now if only I could get him to taste the brain frittata, then my happiness would be complete...." "And what of the children, you might wonder. There have been neither tears nor nightmares. They've declared Spideypig's bacon very good - my son, who likes to cook breakfast on Saturday, is impressed that when you put it in the pan there's no need to add any cooking oil. And no evil white gunk comes out. He thinks roast pork may be a competitor for his usual favorite meat: beef steak, well done. And my daughter? As we drove home from the pig-butchering she looked out of the window at the first of the spring lambs. "Can we get a lamb? Please!" she asked. We waited expectantly for her next line. "We could eat him." The Parrhesiac 2009-05-26T02:13:44Z geofreak comment-8295 2009-05-25T22:06:29Z 2009-05-25T22:06:29Z Mr. Knapp - Before you jump to conclusions about a person, perhaps you should try asking questions first. You might find that we have much more in common than we have differences. The Shift I am talking about encompasses many things, but in this case, it is a shift away from mindless eating and consumption. If you read Omnivores Dilemma, you would know that the author of the book, Michael Pollen, is far from being a vegetarian. And so am I (something you neglected to ask but rather assumed). In this case, shifting away from mindless consumption means I care enough to ask where my food is coming from. I support local businesses who thrive on good quality product and customer relationships. I don't see anything wrong with ensuring that my meat is not ground with feces, pumped with hormones, or antibiotics, and is treated with the kind of respect it deserves while it is alive. Further, I agree that many vegetarians jump to conclusions about meat eaters, but most do not. Most are simply trying to be good people. When they see large factory farms needlessly torturing animals just to turn a bigger profit than last year, the vegetarians have decided to opt out of that system. Good for them for living what they believe. Another part of the "SHIFT" is making a conscious effort to move away from divisive hatred and towards Inclusive kindness. Let's step away from our judgments of each other and towards a greater understanding. With that said, Mr. Knapp, please enjoy your pork, but next time you head out to Armadillo Willies, try asking where that pig came from. geofreak 2009-05-25T22:06:29Z The Parrhesiac comment-8281 2009-05-25T17:10:46Z 2009-05-25T17:10:46Z SHIFT? SHIFT? radical political shift? Or "shift" from eating ribs at armadillo Willies? It's no coincidence that vegetarians are almost all radical lefties. Why is that? Because you're somehow more enlightened then us meat eaters? Eating meat is a sign of lower intelligence? Because radical vegetarians believe in something they are morally and intellectually superior? The Vegetarian movement is nothing but just another religion and they want to force it on the non believers. If they could they would outlaw eating meat and send the non believers to reeducation camps. The Parrhesiac 2009-05-25T17:10:46Z Brandon Weber comment-8256 2009-05-24T21:35:10Z 2009-05-24T21:35:10Z I couldn't make it to the film, but my wife and parents all went and said it was a VERY powerful film and that I MUST see it. Thanks for posting! Brandon Weber 2009-05-24T21:35:10Z John Schmidt comment-8239 2009-05-24T03:18:06Z 2009-05-24T03:18:06Z Please forgive me, I neglected to include a few important points in the article. Among the film’s more disturbing images are those of factory farm animals and their treatment: Chickens bulked up so quickly they cannot even stand and cows shoved to the slaughterhouse with a forklift. Jennifer Fearing, Chief Economist for The Humane Society of the United States, was also on the discussion panel. The Humane Society was a sponsor of the film screening. For more information visit: http://www.hsus.org/farm/ John Schmidt 2009-05-24T03:18:06Z PC Walker comment-8237 2009-05-24T01:26:45Z 2009-05-24T01:26:45Z Well done man. I am more interested in seeing the movie now than I was before I read this. PC Walker 2009-05-24T01:26:45Z George Jackson comment-8188 2009-05-23T03:39:21Z 2009-05-23T03:39:21Z great film. and a similar movie "Fresh" is likely coming to town in July too. George Jackson 2009-05-23T03:39:21Z geofreak comment-8187 2009-05-23T03:33:28Z 2009-05-23T03:33:28Z I can't wait to see it! Hopefully Food Inc. will capture a wider audience and get the word into the mainstream. Omnivores Dilemma and Fast Food Nation were excellent books...but lets face it, who in the mainstream rat race has any time to read? Unfortunately, these are the people who need to hear the message for the this shift to happen once and for all. geofreak 2009-05-23T03:33:28Z